Social Sciences, Other

1,617 students earn a social sciences, other credential each year across 87 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $36,548
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $55,720

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Bachelor's programs — 77 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California193$61,1091 year out$113,294$15,000 2CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York0$54,2651 year out—$12,500 3Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey36$51,7531 year out$78,247$25,000 4Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts32$48,2431 year out$77,557—5Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania15$45,5091 year out——6University of California-DavisDavis, California—$45,1781 year out$65,669$12,790 7Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania9$45,1401 year out$48,944$31,000 8Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania25$42,8441 year out$48,764$27,000 9Eastern Oregon UniversityLa Grande, Oregon25$42,3471 year out$40,162$29,750 10Benedictine UniversityLisle, Illinois7$42,0231 year out$55,720$32,824 11SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York0$40,5371 year out$56,736$19,500 12University of California-RiversideRiverside, California26$39,9341 year out$61,806$17,833 13Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois0$39,0541 year out—$26,500 14CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York14$37,9191 year out$61,792—15University of RochesterRochester, New York27$37,4911 year out$72,566$21,366 16Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan0$37,4081 year out$61,895$27,000 17University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island—$36,5481 year out$60,260$23,732 18Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland207$36,2791 year out$64,123$20,500 19New York UniversityNew York, New York106$35,7721 year out—$20,188 20Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania14$35,5681 year out$41,108$27,000 21University of Southern MainePortland, Maine59$35,4181 year out$42,725$24,825 22Morningside UniversitySioux City, Iowa3$35,1881 year out—$27,000 23Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York37$34,8451 year out$76,126$26,000 24Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland19$33,9931 year out$63,145$27,000 25St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York—$32,9331 year out$65,549$27,000 26University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin19$32,8601 year out$46,147$25,125 27University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington40$30,5841 year out$62,975$19,307 28University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington—$30,5841 year out$62,975$19,307 29California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California35$28,9311 year out$45,522$17,000 30Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan23$28,4421 year out$50,863$24,821 31The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee39$28,1941 year out$39,854$26,375 32Russell Sage CollegeTroy, New York12$27,4361 year out$56,727$26,865 33Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts—$22,8291 year out——34SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York0$15,2731 year out$38,252—35University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California56—1 year out——36University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois39—1 year out——37Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut25—1 year out——38University of Maine at Presque IslePresque Isle, Maine20—1 year out——39Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts20—1 year out——40Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana16—1 year out——41University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts14—1 year out——42Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts13—1 year out$63,593$25,500 43Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania13—1 year out$42,821—44University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama12—1 year out$50,950—45Prescott CollegePrescott, Arizona12—1 year out——46Felician UniversityLodi, New Jersey11—1 year out——47University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania11—1 year out$49,452—48Agnes Scott CollegeDecatur, Georgia10—1 year out—$27,000 49University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania9—1 year out——50University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, Pennsylvania9—1 year out$49,452—51University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——52University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——53Universidad del Sagrado CorazonSanturce, Puerto Rico9—1 year out$21,195—54Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington7—1 year out——55Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California6—1 year out——56Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana5—1 year out——57Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5—1 year out——58Elmira CollegeElmira, New York4—1 year out——59Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——60Concordia University TexasAustin, Texas4—1 year out$51,381—61University of La VerneLa Verne, California3—1 year out—$36,519 62Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado3—1 year out——63New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, New Mexico3—1 year out——64Marywood UniversityScranton, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——65Simmons College of KentuckyLouisville, Kentucky3—1 year out——66Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts2—1 year out——67Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville, Oklahoma2—1 year out——68Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——69Humphreys UniversityStockton, California1—1 year out——70Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota1—1 year out——71Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire1—1 year out——72Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York1—1 year out——73Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——74SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York0—1 year out$49,590—75Knox CollegeGalesburg, Illinois——1 year out$40,462—76Huston-Tillotson UniversityAustin, Texas——1 year out—$50,249 77Glenville State UniversityGlenville, West Virginia——1 year out$36,870$27,000

Associate programs — 5 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Rose State CollegeMidwest City, Oklahoma70$31,1271 year out$46,402$11,967 2Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma33—1 year out—$10,441 3Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California2—1 year out——4Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburton, Oklahoma1—1 year out——5Mohave Community CollegeKingman, Arizona——1 year out$39,995—

Certificate programs — 8 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts75—1 year out——2Southwestern CollegeWinfield, Kansas17—1 year out——3Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana7—1 year out——4Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona5—1 year out——5University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin4—1 year out——6Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCosta Mesa, California1—1 year out——7Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia1—1 year out——8University of Southern MainePortland, Maine1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).